Hellish Teaser Poster

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By Brian Linder

If you're stoked for Guillermo Del Toro's live-action adaptation of Mike Mignola's Hellboy, then you will definitely dig this. The image you will see below is a small version of the special teaser poster for the Hellboymovie that will be distributed at the San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday (August 1st). The poster, created by Mignola, depicts actor Ron Perlman as the film's titular character.

How can you get one yourself? Well, you'll have to be at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, and then you'll have to find the Dark Horse Comics' booth (#2115 &#Array; look for the two guys in Hellboy t-shirts). The rolled poster is a limited edition (limited to 2004 copies &#Array; a clever reference to the film's release date). In the meantime, you can download a larger version of the poster over at Hellboy.com.

The film will likely begin with the origin story of Hellboy, a character with demonic origins who was conjured up by Nazis using black magic during the last days of WWII. But as Hellboy grows up, he chooses good over evil and becomes an investigator for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, often going up against the likes of werewolves, vampires and other baddies.

Wayne Barlowe (Blade II, Titan A.E.) is doing creature designs for the film, and Rick Baker Studios will be doing the make-up effects. A source of ours that's close to the production caught a glimpse of the make-up test done by Baker's team with Perlman as the subject. They say, "It's jaw-droppingly cool, and very striking... It's Hellboy brought to life! Fans will crap in their pants when they see Ron as Hellboy via Rick Baker's team."

Our source also tells us that the film is being developed with a PG-13 rating in mind.